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Pneumococcal infection of a prosthetic hip joint
1Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem, Israel.
International Orthopaedics
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
A case of late haematogenous pneumococcal infection of a prosthetic hip joint is presented. In view of the relatively benign nature of pneumococcal arthritis, the patient was treated with parenteral antibiotics and surgical drainage without removal of the prosthesis. This was followed by complete resolution.